Archive · Puzzle #47
Sunday, July 12, 2026
Mini Crossword
Across
- 1Huge
- 5Wet roast
- 6Other name
- 7Tax check
- 8Spotted
Down
- 5Sheep sounds
- 1Worth
- 2To one side
- 3Spot
- 4Exam
Weekend Mini Crossword puzzles are deliberately the hardest in the weekly rotation. Puzzle #47 (Sunday, July 12, 2026) is one of those: calibrated for solve times noticeably longer than weekday material and for the kind of edge-case pattern or vocabulary that produces "I thought I knew this one" experiences. Players who solve weekend puzzles consistently are at the upper end of the regular-player population.
Mid-July sits in the steady-rotation middle of the calendar month. The Mini Crossword difficulty calibration does not adjust for calendar position; puzzle #47 runs the same calibration the day-of-week band specifies, regardless of where in the month it falls. The mid-month archive is the most representative slice of typical Mini Crossword difficulty over time.
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